|born=c. [[1880s|1881]]<ref name="birth">We learn in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 2 (''In Memoriam'') that Doge started at Hogwarts on the same day as Albus Dumbledore. As [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm Rowling tells us] Dumbledore was born in 1881, Doge was most likely born in that year.</ref>

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{{Quote|That old berk. Thought the sun shone out of my brother's every orifice, he did.|[[Aberforth Dumbledore]] regarding Doge|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}

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'''Elphias Doge''' (born c. [[1880s|1881]]) was a [[Wizardkind|wizard]], a [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] jurist, a member of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] in both the [[First Wizarding War|First]] and [[Second Wizarding War]]s, and also a close friend of [[Albus Dumbledore]]. In the summer of [[1995]], Doge was part of the [[Advance Guard]], in which he met [[Harry Potter]]. After Dumbledore's death in [[June]], [[1997]], Mr. Doge wrote him an obituary for the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. Later that same summer, he attended the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[Fleur Delacour|Fleur]] and [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] at [[The Burrow]], and managed to [[Apparition|disapparate]] from there seconds prior to the [[Attack at the Burrow|skirmish]] that ensued when [[Death Eaters]] arrived after the [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|fall of the Ministry]].

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'''Elphias Doge''' (born c. [[1880s|1881]]) was a [[Wizardkind|wizard]], a [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] jurist, a member of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] in both the [[First Wizarding War|First]] and [[Second Wizarding War]]s, and also a close friend of [[Albus Dumbledore]].

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In the summer of [[1995]], Doge was part of the [[Advance Guard]], in which he met [[Harry Potter]]. After Dumbledore's death in [[June]], [[1997]], Mr. Doge wrote him an obituary for the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''. Later that same summer, he attended the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[Fleur Delacour|Fleur]] and [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] at [[The Burrow]], and managed to [[Apparition|Disapparate]] from there seconds before the [[Attack at the Burrow]] that ensued when [[Death Eaters]] arrived after the [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|fall of the Ministry]].

==Biography==

==Biography==

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===Early life===

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===Early life {{c|1881-1899}}===

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{{Quote|I had contracted dragon pox shortly before arriving at school, and while I was no longer contagious, my pock-marked visage and greenish hue did not encourage many to approach me.|''[[Daily Prophet]]'', Summer [[1997]]; ''Albus Dumbledore Remembered'', by Elphias Doge|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}

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{{Quote|I had contracted dragon pox shortly before arriving at school, and while I was no longer contagious, my pock-marked visage and greenish hue did not encourage many to approach me.|''[[Daily Prophet]]'', Summer [[1997]]; ''Albus Dumbledore Remembered'' by Elphias Doge|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}

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Elphias Doge was born in around [[1880s|1881]], to the (most likely) wizarding Doge family.<ref name="blood"/> Sometime in or prior to [[1890s|1892]], Doge contracted [[dragon pox]].<ref name="DH2"/>

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Elphias Doge was born in around [[1880s|1881]], to the wizarding [[Doge family]].<ref name="HPLE"/> Sometime in or prior to [[1890s|1892]], Doge contracted [[dragon pox]].<ref name="DH2"/>

On [[1 September]], [[1890s|1892]], at age eleven, Elphias Doge started at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. No longer contagious of his [[dragon pox]], but still with a "pock-marked visage and greenish hue", not many approached Doge. [[Albus Dumbledore]], however, looked past that and befriended him during their first day at the Castle. Doge believed that their mutual attraction was due to the fact that they both felt that they were outsiders: he had his greenish skin tone and Dumbledore was primarily known to others as the son of [[Percival Dumbledore]], who scarcely a year previously had been convicted of a savage and well-publicised attack upon three young [[Muggle]]s.<ref name="DH2"/> Their peers at Hogwarts would often think of Doge as Dumbledore's "dim-witted but devoted sidekick".<ref name="DH18"/>

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On [[1 September]], [[1890s|1892]], at age eleven, Elphias Doge started at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. No longer contagious of his [[dragon pox]], but still with a "''pock-marked visage and greenish hue''", not many approached Doge. [[Albus Dumbledore]], however, looked past that and befriended him during their first day at the Castle. Doge believed that their mutual attraction was due to the fact that they both felt that they were outsiders: he had his greenish skin tone and Dumbledore was primarily known to others as the son of [[Percival Dumbledore]], who scarcely a year previously had been convicted of a savage and well-publicised attack upon three young [[Muggle]]s.<ref name="DH2"/> Their peers at Hogwarts would often think of Doge as Dumbledore's "''dim-witted but devoted sidekick''".<ref name="DH18"/>

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When Doge and Dumbledore left Hogwarts in [[1890s|1899]], they planned to take a [[Grand Tour]] of the world together. However, when they were staying at the [[Leaky Cauldron]] and preparing to leave for [[Greece]], they got news that Dumbledore's mother [[Kendra Dumbledore|Kendra]] had died.<ref name="DH18"/> Doge attended Kendra's funeral and departed for the Grand Tour without Dumbledore. He wrote letters to Dumbledore about his "narrow escapes from [[Chimaera]]s in Greece to the experiments of the [[Egypt]]ian [[Alchemy|alchemists]]".<ref name="DH2"/> He came back home shortly after the death of Dumbledore's sister [[Ariana Dumbledore|Ariana]], whose funeral he also attended.<ref name="DH8">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Wedding'')</ref>

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When Doge and Dumbledore left Hogwarts in [[1890s|1899]], they planned to take a [[Grand Tour]] of the world together. However, when they were staying at the [[Leaky Cauldron]] and preparing to leave for [[Greece]], they got news that Dumbledore's mother [[Kendra Dumbledore|Kendra]] had died.<ref name="DH18"/> Doge attended Kendra's funeral and departed for the Grand Tour without Dumbledore. He wrote letters to Dumbledore about his "n''arrow escapes from [[Chimaera]]s in Greece to the experiments of the [[Egypt]]ian [[Alchemy|alchemists]]''".<ref name="DH2"/> He came back home shortly after the death of Dumbledore's sister [[Ariana Dumbledore|Ariana]], whose funeral he also attended.<ref name="DH8">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Wedding'')</ref>

{{Quote|OriginalOrder of the Phoenix. Found it last night when I was looking for my spare Invisibility Cloak, seeing as Podmore hasn't had the manners to return my best one… thought people might like to see it... Elphias Doge,you'vemet him, I'd forgotten he used to wear that stupid hat ''[…]'' |[[AlastorMoody]] showsHarry Potter a picture of the First Order of the Phoenix|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}

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{{Quote|OriginalOrder of the Phoenix. Found it last night when I was looking for my spare Invisibility Cloak, seeing as Podmore hasn't had the manners to return my best one… thought people might like to see it. ''[…]'' Elphias Doge, you'vemet him, I'd forgotten he used to wear that stupid hat…|[[AlastorMoody]] shows [[Harry Potter]] a picture of the First [[Order of the Phoenix]], in which Doge was depicted.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}

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[[File:McKinnonDogeVance1981.jpg|thumb|240x240px|[[MarleneMcKinnon]], Doge, and [[EmmelineVance]] in [[1980s|1981]]]]

During the [[First Wizarding War]] in the [[1970s]], Elphias Doge became a member of the [[Order of the Phoenix]], an organisation led and founded by his friend [[Albus Dumbledore]], in order to oppose [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and his [[Death Eaters]]. During that time, he would usually wear a silly hat.<ref name="OP9">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 9 (''The Woes of Mrs. Weasley'')</ref> Given his role within the Order, it is more than likely that Doge fought in several battles of the [[First Wizarding War]].

During the [[First Wizarding War]] in the [[1970s]], Elphias Doge became a member of the [[Order of the Phoenix]], an organisation led and founded by his friend [[Albus Dumbledore]], in order to oppose [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] and his [[Death Eaters]]. During that time, he would usually wear a silly hat.<ref name="OP9">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 9 (''The Woes of Mrs. Weasley'')</ref> Given his role within the Order, it is more than likely that Doge fought in several battles of the [[First Wizarding War]].

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Between the wars, Elphias Doge served the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] as [[Special Advisor to the Wizengamot]]. He was still in this post well into the [[Second Wizarding War]].<ref name="DH2"/>

Between the wars, Elphias Doge served the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] as [[Special Advisor to the Wizengamot]]. He was still in this post well into the [[Second Wizarding War]].<ref name="DH2"/>

{{Dialoguea-b-c|Nymphadora Tonks|Why are we all standing in the dark? ''Lumos''. Oooh, he looks just like I thought he would. Wotcher, Harry!|Kingsley Shacklebolt|Yeah,Iseewhatyou mean, Remus. He looks exactly like James.|Doge|Except the eyes. Lily's eyes.|The Advance Guard upon arrival at 4 Privet Drive|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}

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{{Dialoguea-b-c|Nymphadora Tonks|Why are we all standing in the dark? ''Lumos''. Oooh, he looks just like I thought he would. Wotcher, Harry!|Kingsley Shacklebolt|Yeah, I see what you mean, Remus. He looks exactly like James.|Elphias Doge|Excepttheeyes.Lily'seyes.|The [[Advance Guard]], upon arrival at [[4 Privet Drive]].|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}

After the [[Return of the Dark Lord|rebirth of Lord Voldemort]] on [[24 June]], [[1995]], [[Albus Dumbledore]] called the "old crowd",<ref name="GF36">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 36 (''The Parting of the Ways'')</ref> of which Doge was part of, back to form the Second [[Order of the Phoenix]] to fight during the course of the [[Second Wizarding War]].<ref name="OP3"/>

After the [[Return of the Dark Lord|rebirth of Lord Voldemort]] on [[24 June]], [[1995]], [[Albus Dumbledore]] called the "old crowd",<ref name="GF36">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 36 (''The Parting of the Ways'')</ref> of which Doge was part of, back to form the Second [[Order of the Phoenix]] to fight during the course of the [[Second Wizarding War]].<ref name="OP3"/>

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On [[6 August]], [[1995]], Doge joined the [[Advance Guard]] that escorted [[Harry Potter]] from [[4 Privet Drive]] to [[12 Grimmauld Place]]. When he saw Harry, he commented on how much he looked like [[James Potter I|his father]], but had [[Lily Evans|his mother]]'s eyes. After arriving at [[12 Grimmauld Place|Grimmauld Place]], Doge attended the Order meeting.<ref name="OP3"/>

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On [[6 August]], [[1995]], Doge joined the Advance Guard that escorted [[Harry Potter]] from [[4 Privet Drive]] to [[12 Grimmauld Place]]. When he saw Harry, he commented on how much he looked like [[James Potter I|his father]], but had [[Lily Evans|his mother]]'s eyes. After arriving at [[12 Grimmauld Place|Grimmauld Place]], Doge attended the Order meeting.<ref name="OP3"/>

====Albus Dumbledore's death====

====Albus Dumbledore's death====

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{{Quote|Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain; he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy. I shall miss his friendship more than I can say, but my loss is nothing compared to the Wizarding world's. That he was the most inspiring and best loved of all Hogwarts headmasters cannot be in question. He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day I met him.|''[[Daily Prophet]]'', Summer [[1997]]; ''Albus Dumbledore Remembered'', by Elphias Doge|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}

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{{Quote|Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain; he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy. I shall miss his friendship more than I can say, but my loss is nothing compared to the Wizarding world's. That he was the most inspiring and best loved of all Hogwarts headmasters cannot be in question. He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day I met him.|''[[Daily Prophet]]'', Summer [[1997]]; ''Albus Dumbledore Remembered'', by Elphias Doge|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}[[File:DumbledoreObituary.JPG|thumb|right|235x235px|''Albus Dumbledore Remembered'', by Elphias Doge.]]

After Dumbledore's death on [[30June]], [[1997]], Doge wrote a heartfelt obituary for the ''Daily Prophet''.<ref name="DH2"/> A close friend of Dumbledore's, [[Rita Skeeter]] "pestered" him to talk to her about the late wizard for her project, ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]''.Doge became upset and called her an "i''nterfering [[trout]]''", whichresulted in Skeeter making various remarks questioning Doge's sanity.<ref name="DH8"/>

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After Dumbledore's death on [[30 June]], [[1997]], Doge wrote a heartfelt obituary for the ''[[Daily Prophet]]''.<ref name="DH2"/> A close friend of Dumbledore's, [[Rita Skeeter]] "pestered" him to talk to her about the late wizard for her project, ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]''. Doge became upset and called her an "interfering [[trout]]", which resulted in Skeeter making various remarks questioning Doge's sanity.<ref name="DH8"/>

====Wedding of Bill and Fleur====

====Wedding of Bill and Fleur====

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{{Dialogue a-b-c|Harry Potter|Well, in that interview, Rita Skeeter hinted that Professor Dumbledore was involved in the Dark Arts when he was young.|Elphias Doge|Don't believe a word of it! Not a word, Harry! Let nothing tarnish your memories of Albus Dumbledore! Harry, Rita Skeeter is a dreadful –|Muriel|Rita Skeeter? Oh, I love her, always read her! She's written a book about Dumbledore, you know!|An exhange between [[Harry Potter]], Elphias Doge and [[Muriel]].|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}

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{{Dialogue a-b-c|Harry Potter|Well, in that interview, Rita Skeeter hinted that Professor Dumbledore was involved in the Dark Arts when he was young.|Doge|Don't believe a word of it! Not a word, Harry! Let nothing tarnish your memories of Albus Dumbledore! Harry, Rita Skeeter is a dreadful —|Muriel|Rita Skeeter? Oh, I love her, always read her! She's written a book about Dumbledore, you know!|<nowiki>An exhange between[Harry Potter, Elphias Doge, and Muriel</nowiki>|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}

Elphias Doge attended the wedding of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] on [[1 August]], [[1997]]. He wore a moth-eaten fez and sat alone in a table drinking champagne. Recognising him from two years before that, and having read Dumbledore's obituary, [[Harry Potter]] joined him and the two had a brief conversation about Dumbledore's childhood, before being interrupted by [[Muriel]], who believed every word of [[Rita Skeeter]]'s sensationalist and mostly false biography of Dumbledore. Doge passionately defended Dumbledore and his family, but Muriel repeatedly contradicted him.<ref name="DH8"/> While this was happening, the [[Death Eaters]] were staging a [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|coup in London]], killing [[Minister for Magic|Minister]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] and taking over the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]. In an attempt to siege [[Harry Potter]], the [[Death Eaters]] infiltrated the wedding, in a [[Attack at the Burrow|short but agressive skirmish]].<ref name="DH8"/> Doge managed to [[Apparition|Disapparate]] from the Burrow just seconds before the [[Death Eaters]] arrived.<ref name="DHpt1">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''</ref>

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Elphias Doge attended the wedding of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] on [[1 August]], [[1997]]. He wore a moth-eaten fez and sat alone in a table drinking champagne. Recognising him from two years before that, and having read Dumbledore's obituary, [[Harry Potter]], disguised as a Muggle to look like a Weasley cousin, joined him and the two had a brief conversation about Dumbledore's childhood, before being interrupted by [[Muriel]], who believed every word of [[Rita Skeeter]]'s sensationalist and mostly false biography of Dumbledore. Doge passionately defended Dumbledore and his family, but Muriel repeatedly contradicted him.<ref name="DH8"/> While this was happening, the [[Death Eaters]] were staging a [[Fall of the Ministry of Magic|coup in London]], killing [[Minister for Magic|Minister]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] and taking over the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]. In an attempt to siege [[Harry Potter]], the [[Death Eaters]] infiltrated the wedding, in a [[Attack at the Burrow|short but aggressive skirmish]].<ref name="DH8"/> Doge managed to [[Apparition|Disapparate]] from the Burrow just seconds before the [[Death Eaters]] arrived.<ref name="DHpt1">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''</ref>

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==Physical appearance==

==Physical appearance==

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Doge was described as having a wheezy voice<ref name="OP3"/> and white hair which made him resemble an aged dandelion clock.<ref name="DH8"/> In his first year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], he suffered from [[Dragon pox]]; he had many green pimples on his skin.<ref name="DH2"/> Doge also appears to enjoy wearing eccentric hats: a "stupid hat" he used to wear in the [[1970s]],<ref name="OP9"/> a pointy hat he wore in [[1995]],<ref name="OPf">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''</ref> and a "moth-eaten fez" he wore during the [[wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour]].<ref name="DH8"/>

Doge was described as having a wheezy voice<ref name="OP3"/> and white hair which made him resemble an aged dandelion clock.<ref name="DH8"/> In his first year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], he suffered from [[Dragon pox]]; he had many green pimples on his skin.<ref name="DH2"/> Doge also appears to enjoy wearing eccentric hats: a "stupid hat" he used to wear in the [[1970s]],<ref name="OP9"/> a pointy hat he wore in [[1995]],<ref name="OPf">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''</ref> and a "moth-eaten fez" he wore during the [[wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour]].<ref name="DH8"/>

==Personality and traits==

==Personality and traits==

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In his youth, Doge suffered from [[dragon pox]], and everybody at Hogwarts avoided him, except Albus Dumbledore. That made Elphias be friendly with Dumbledore. Doge has appeared as being a very loyal friend.<ref name="DH2"/> He also didn't like unfairness, as he got angry when [[Muriel]] lied that [[Ariana Dumbledore]] was a [[Squib]] and that her family had imprisoned her.<ref name="DH8"/> Doge also appeared as being a friend of the most members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]], such as [[James Potter II|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]].<ref name="OP3"/> [[Rita Skeeter]] heavily implies Doge to be senile or "dim-witted",<ref name="DH2"/> but this was most likely because of his refusal to help her in her [[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore|biography]] of [[Albus Dumbledore]];<ref name="DH8"/> the post he held within the Ministry, that of Special Advisor to the [[Wizengamot]] suggested otherwise.<ref name="DH2"/>

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In his youth, Doge suffered from [[dragon pox]], and everybody at Hogwarts avoided him, except Albus Dumbledore. This made Elphias friendly towards Dumbledore. Doge has appeared as being a very loyal friend.<ref name="DH2"/> He also didn't like unfairness, as he got angry when [[Muriel]] lied that [[Ariana Dumbledore]] was a [[Squib]] and that her family had imprisoned her.<ref name="DH8"/> Doge also appeared as being a friend of the most members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]], such as [[James Potter II|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]].<ref name="OP3"/> [[Rita Skeeter]] heavily implies Doge to be senile or "dim-witted",<ref name="DH2"/> but this was most likely because of his refusal to help her in her [[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore|biography]] of [[Albus Dumbledore]];<ref name="DH8"/> the post he held within the Ministry, that of Special Advisor to the [[Wizengamot]] suggested otherwise.<ref name="DH2"/>

[[File:600full-Albus-Dumbledore-the-prisoner-of-azkaban-photo.jpg|left|thumb|196x196px|[[Albus Dumbledore]], his good friend]]

Elphias was close friends with [[Albus Dumbledore]], meeting him the first time at Hogwarts. They were both outcasts, as he contracted [[dragon pox]] shortly before he began schooling.

Elphias was close friends with [[Albus Dumbledore]], meeting him the first time at Hogwarts. They were both outcasts, as he contracted [[dragon pox]] shortly before he began schooling.

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[[File:AberforthInfobox.jpg|thumb|Aberforth Dumbledore]]Elphias was also close to the [[Dumbledore family]]. Elphias wasn't able to meet [[Percival Dumbledore|Percival]], Albus's father, as he was imprisoned in [[Azkaban]] for punishing three Muggles who had scared [[Ariana Dumbledore|Ariana]].<ref name="DH2"/> After that, Ariana lost her sanity and could not control her magical abilities. Doge also liked [[Kendra Dumbledore|Kendra]], Albus's mother. He later stated that she was a fine woman.<ref name="DH8"/>

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[[File:AberforthInfobox.jpg|thumb|Aberforth Dumbledore|192x192px]]Elphias was also close to the [[Dumbledore family]]. Elphias wasn't able to meet [[Percival Dumbledore|Percival]], Albus's father, as he was imprisoned in [[Azkaban]] for punishing three Muggles who had scared [[Ariana Dumbledore|Ariana]].<ref name="DH2"/> After that, Ariana lost her sanity and could not control her magical abilities. Doge also liked [[Kendra Dumbledore|Kendra]], Albus's mother. He later stated that she was a fine woman.<ref name="DH8"/>

Kendra was accidentally killed by Ariana. A few years later, Ariana was also accidentally killed in a duel between Albus, [[Aberforth Dumbledore|Aberforth]] and [[Gellert Grindelwald]], when she attempted to help Albus and Aberforth. It never became clear who did kill Ariana. Elphias participated at her funeral, where Albus and Aberforth had an argument.<ref name="DH18"/>

Kendra was accidentally killed by Ariana. A few years later, Ariana was also accidentally killed in a duel between Albus, [[Aberforth Dumbledore|Aberforth]] and [[Gellert Grindelwald]], when she attempted to help Albus and Aberforth. It never became clear who did kill Ariana. Elphias participated at her funeral, where Albus and Aberforth had an argument.<ref name="DH18"/>

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Elphias thought that Albus was much more popular than Aberforth, and that people never do seem to count Aberforth. Aberforth also thought that Elphias admired Albus very much, and that Elphias "thought the sun shone out of Albus's every orifice", although Aberforth does not seem to have such an high oppinion of Doge, referring to him as an "old berk".<ref name="DH28">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 28 (''The Missing Mirror'')</ref>

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Elphias thought that Albus was much more popular than Aberforth, and that people never do seem to count Aberforth. Aberforth also thought that Elphias admired Albus very much, and that Elphias "''thought the sun shone out of Albus's every orifice''", although Aberforth does not seem to have such a high opinion of Doge, referring to him as an "old berk".<ref name="DH28">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 28 (''The Missing Mirror'')</ref>

Elphias seemed to like [[Harry Potter]].<ref name="DH8"/> He appeared to have been friendly with his parents, [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily]], too. When he first met Harry, he said that he looked like his father, but he had his mother's eyes;<ref name="OP3"/> something that everyone told Harry. Elphias was also a member of the [[Advance Guard]], a group of members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] who escorted Harry to [[12 Grimmauld Place]].<ref name="OP3"/>

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Elphias seemed to like Harry Potter.<ref name="DH8"/> When he first met Harry, he said that he looked like his father, but he had his mother's eyes;<ref name="OP3"/> something that everyone told Harry. Elphias was also a member of the [[Advance Guard]], a group of members of the [[Order of the Phoenix]] who escorted Harry to [[12 Grimmauld Place]].<ref name="OP3"/>

Elphias met Harry again in [[1997]], at the wedding of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]]. They discussed Albus Dumbledore, and Elphias told him that Albus was a very good person, something that helped Harry feel better.<ref name="DH8"/>

Elphias met Harry again in [[1997]], at the wedding of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]]. They discussed Albus Dumbledore, and Elphias told him that Albus was a very good person, something that helped Harry feel better.<ref name="DH8"/>

===Muriel===

===Muriel===

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[[Muriel]] was the loud, ill-mannered, rude, 107 year-old matriach of the[[Weasley family]]. She enjoyed gossip very much and [[Rita Skeeter]], and thus was incredibly pleased that Skeeter was to be writing a new book, known as ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]'', that would slander Dumbledore. Muriel was delighted in revealing the dark parts of Dumbledore's history to Doge, who idolized and admired him and refused to hear anything bad about him. Being close to the Dumbledores, Doge was very emotional about the tragedy of [[Ariana Dumbledore|Ariana]], so to hear Muriel so rudely cackling about it made him furious and feebly wheeze about how untrue it was. Muriel brought Doge to the verge of tears as Muriel made him feel wretched and miserable as he heard slanderous lies being told about Albus. While it is true that some of the information in Skeeter's book was true and Doge did skip over the parts that didn't make Dumbledore look very good, Doge still disliked Muriel for horrifying him with the terrible things Skeeter was going to write and the way Muriel took pleasure in hearing them.

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[[Muriel]] was the loud, ill-mannered, rude, 107 year-old aunt of Molly Weasley. She enjoyed gossip very much and [[Rita Skeeter]], and thus was incredibly pleased that Skeeter was to be writing a new book, known as ''[[The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]'', that would slander Dumbledore. Muriel was delighted in revealing the dark parts of Dumbledore's history to Doge, who idolized and admired him and refused to hear anything bad about him. Being close to the Dumbledores, Doge was very emotional about the tragedy of [[Ariana Dumbledore|Ariana]], so to hear Muriel so rudely cackling about it made him furious and feebly wheeze about how untrue it was. Muriel brought Doge to the verge of tears as Muriel made him feel wretched and miserable as he heard slanderous lies being told about Albus. While it is true that some of the information in Skeeter's book was true and Doge did skip over the parts that didn't make Dumbledore look very good, Doge still disliked Muriel for horrifying him with the terrible things Skeeter was going to write and the way Muriel took pleasure in hearing them.

===Order of the Phoenix members===

===Order of the Phoenix members===

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[[File:Who23.jpg|thumb|Doge during an [[Order of the Phoenix]] meeting.]]

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[[File:Ootp.png|thumb|250x250px|The [[Order of the Phoenix]],his allies]]

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Elphias was a member of both the first<ref name="OP9"/> and the second [[Order of the Phoenix]].<ref name="OP3"/> He had a good relationship with the most members, including [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]], [[Alastor Moody]], [[Nymphadora Tonks]], [[Remus Lupin]], [[Sturgis Podmore]], [[Emmeline Vance]], [[Dedalus Diggle]] and [[Hestia Jones]], who were also members of the [[Advance Guard]].<ref name="OP3"/> Moody did not seem to like Elphias' "stupid hat" during the [[First Wizarding War]].<ref name="OP9"/>

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Elphias was a member of both the first<ref name="OP9"/> and the second Order of the Phoenix.<ref name="OP3"/> He had a good relationship with the most members, including [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]], [[Alastor Moody]], [[Nymphadora Tonks]], [[Remus Lupin]], [[Sturgis Podmore]], [[Emmeline Vance]], [[Dedalus Diggle]] and [[Hestia Jones]], who were also members of the [[Advance Guard]].<ref name="OP3"/> Moody did not seem to like Elphias' "stupid hat" during the [[First Wizarding War]].<ref name="OP9"/>

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

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*''Doge'' was the title giventoanyrulerin Venice, Italy in the MiddleAges.

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*''Doge'' was the title heldbytheelectedleaders of Italian maritime republics such as Venice, Genoa and Padua from the 7th to 19th century. It shared the same root as the title duke, in the Latin dux and Greek doux, both simply meaningleader.

==Behind the scenes==

==Behind the scenes==

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*[[File:Legohp5-7trailer_068.png|thumb|left|The Advance Guard in ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'']]Doge is portrayed by [[Peter Cartwright]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and [[David Ryall]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''.<ref>[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/19/deathly-hallows-updates-stan-as-krum-returns-doge-is-cast-and-more Deathly Hallows Updates: Krum Returns, Doge is Cast and More]</ref>

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*[[File:Legohp5-7trailer 068.png|thumb|left|The Advance Guard in ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'']]Doge is portrayed by [[Peter Cartwright]] in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' and [[David Ryall]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1|Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''.<ref>[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/19/deathly-hallows-updates-stan-as-krum-returns-doge-is-cast-and-more Deathly Hallows Updates: Krum Returns, Doge is Cast and More]</ref>

*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'', his talk with Harry about Dumbledore's childhood during the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour]] is omitted.

*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'', his talk with Harry about Dumbledore's childhood during the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour]] is omitted.

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*In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'', when the wedding is interrupted, and before Elphias Disapparates, he says "Nice meeting you, Mr. Potter". This causes a mistake in the film since in the fifth movie they had already seen each other when Harry was being rescued from the Dursleys.

On 1 September, 1892, at age eleven, Elphias Doge started at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. No longer contagious of his dragon pox, but still with a "pock-marked visage and greenish hue", not many approached Doge. Albus Dumbledore, however, looked past that and befriended him during their first day at the Castle. Doge believed that their mutual attraction was due to the fact that they both felt that they were outsiders: he had his greenish skin tone and Dumbledore was primarily known to others as the son of Percival Dumbledore, who scarcely a year previously had been convicted of a savage and well-publicised attack upon three young Muggles.[4] Their peers at Hogwarts would often think of Doge as Dumbledore's "dim-witted but devoted sidekick".[5]

When Doge and Dumbledore left Hogwarts in 1899, they planned to take a Grand Tour of the world together. However, when they were staying at the Leaky Cauldron and preparing to leave for Greece, they got news that Dumbledore's mother Kendra had died.[5] Doge attended Kendra's funeral and departed for the Grand Tour without Dumbledore. He wrote letters to Dumbledore about his "narrow escapes from Chimaeras in Greece to the experiments of the Egyptianalchemists".[4] He came back home shortly after the death of Dumbledore's sister Ariana, whose funeral he also attended.[7]

"Original Order of the Phoenix. Found it last night when I was looking for my spare Invisibility Cloak, seeing as Podmore hasn't had the manners to return my best one… thought people might like to see it... Elphias Doge, you've met him, I'd forgotten he used to wear that stupid hat […]"

"Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain; he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy. I shall miss his friendship more than I can say, but my loss is nothing compared to the Wizarding world's. That he was the most inspiring and best loved of all Hogwarts headmasters cannot be in question. He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on the day I met him."

After Dumbledore's death on 30 June, 1997, Doge wrote a heartfelt obituary for the Daily Prophet.[4] A close friend of Dumbledore's, Rita Skeeter "pestered" him to talk to her about the late wizard for her project, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. Doge became upset and called her an "interfering trout", which resulted in Skeeter making various remarks questioning Doge's sanity.[7]

In his youth, Doge suffered from dragon pox, and everybody at Hogwarts avoided him, except Albus Dumbledore. This made Elphias friendly towards Dumbledore. Doge has appeared as being a very loyal friend.[4] He also didn't like unfairness, as he got angry when Muriel lied that Ariana Dumbledore was a Squib and that her family had imprisoned her.[7] Doge also appeared as being a friend of the most members of the Order of the Phoenix, such as James and Lily Potter.[6]Rita Skeeter heavily implies Doge to be senile or "dim-witted",[4] but this was most likely because of his refusal to help her in her biography of Albus Dumbledore;[7] the post he held within the Ministry, that of Special Advisor to the Wizengamot suggested otherwise.[4]

Elphias was close friends with Albus Dumbledore, meeting him the first time at Hogwarts. They were both outcasts, as he contracted dragon pox shortly before he began schooling.

Dumbledore, on the other hand, was an outcast because of his Muggle-hating father.[4] After graduating from school, they had planned to tour the world. However, when they were packing to go to Greece at the Leaky Cauldron, Dumbledore got an owl informing him that his mother had died and that he had to go home instead.[5]

While Elphias was travelling to Greece, Dumbledore had to take care of his siblings. At the time Elphias was ending his travel, Ariana was killed.[4] Elphias learned that she was accidentally killed in a duel between Albus, Aberforth and Gellert Grindelwald. No one ever learned who killed her.

In their later life, Dumbledore and Elphias remained close friends. Elphias had a high opinion of Albus; he thought that he could see the good inside all the people, however apparently insignificant or wretched. After Dumbledore's death, Elphias wrote a heartfelt obituary for the Daily Prophet. At Bill and Fleur's wedding, Elphias stated to Harry Potter that he "certainly knew Albus the longest", if you didn't count his own brother, Aberforth.[4]

Elphias was also close to the Dumbledore family. Elphias wasn't able to meet Percival, Albus's father, as he was imprisoned in Azkaban for punishing three Muggles who had scared Ariana.[4] After that, Ariana lost her sanity and could not control her magical abilities. Doge also liked Kendra, Albus's mother. He later stated that she was a fine woman.[7]

Kendra was accidentally killed by Ariana. A few years later, Ariana was also accidentally killed in a duel between Albus, Aberforth and Gellert Grindelwald, when she attempted to help Albus and Aberforth. It never became clear who did kill Ariana. Elphias participated at her funeral, where Albus and Aberforth had an argument.[5]

Elphias thought that Albus was much more popular than Aberforth, and that people never do seem to count Aberforth. Aberforth also thought that Elphias admired Albus very much, and that Elphias "thought the sun shone out of Albus's every orifice", although Aberforth does not seem to have such a high opinion of Doge, referring to him as an "old berk".[12]

Elphias seemed to like Harry Potter.[7] When he first met Harry, he said that he looked like his father, but he had his mother's eyes;[6] something that everyone told Harry. Elphias was also a member of the Advance Guard, a group of members of the Order of the Phoenix who escorted Harry to 12 Grimmauld Place.[6]

Elphias met Harry again in 1997, at the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour. They discussed Albus Dumbledore, and Elphias told him that Albus was a very good person, something that helped Harry feel better.[7]

Muriel was the loud, ill-mannered, rude, 107 year-old aunt of Molly Weasley. She enjoyed gossip very much and Rita Skeeter, and thus was incredibly pleased that Skeeter was to be writing a new book, known as The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, that would slander Dumbledore. Muriel was delighted in revealing the dark parts of Dumbledore's history to Doge, who idolized and admired him and refused to hear anything bad about him. Being close to the Dumbledores, Doge was very emotional about the tragedy of Ariana, so to hear Muriel so rudely cackling about it made him furious and feebly wheeze about how untrue it was. Muriel brought Doge to the verge of tears as Muriel made him feel wretched and miserable as he heard slanderous lies being told about Albus. While it is true that some of the information in Skeeter's book was true and Doge did skip over the parts that didn't make Dumbledore look very good, Doge still disliked Muriel for horrifying him with the terrible things Skeeter was going to write and the way Muriel took pleasure in hearing them.

Doge was the title held by the elected leaders of Italian maritime republics such as Venice, Genoa and Padua from the 7th to 19th century. It shared the same root as the title duke, in the Latin dux and Greek doux, both simply meaning leader.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, when the wedding is interrupted, and before Elphias Disapparates, he says "Nice meeting you, Mr. Potter". This causes a mistake in the film since in the fifth movie they had already seen each other when Harry was being rescued from the Dursleys.